escansão
Portuguese, noun/is.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
escansão is spelled E-S-C-A-N-S-Ã-O (8 letters). Escansão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “scansion (the act of analysing the meter of poetry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou resultado de escandir, de decompor um verso em seus componentes métricos”.
What does escansão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescansion (the act of analysing the meter of poetry)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou resultado de escandir, de decompor um verso em seus componentes métricos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escansão
- escansões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escansão?
- Brazil /is.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escansão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.